man_bear_pig

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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
just as a sidenote: what are the chances you and bloodorange are talking about the same woman...
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
congrats!!! where did you find her? tinder? ; )
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
ok. question is not about ui/mobile/web anything. it's how will you break chicken and egg. what's the creative marketing scheme to get that done? usually it involves cracking one side first vs. the other. in the used &#x
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Ask HN: What's worked in gaining traction for your business?
5 points by man_bear_pig 13y ago|0 comments
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
More interesting than double-blind test is if each of the yc partners play fantasy startup. a) each pick his/her top 5 yc companies per batch that they think will be most successful (and main drivers why) b) each pick his/her bott
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
Michael Jordan and Lebron James definitely get lucky... But I'd bet on them hitting that lucky shot more than 99% of other basketball players because they just know how to execute. One of my friends was a top 10 high frequency equity f
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
why start a company where every year the market size shrinks. unless you prove to me that churn is slower than the market realizes (e.g. netflix when it began) such that you can be the stepping stone and your larger vision is to be the form
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
1) It is really hard to be a sole startup founder. I would advise against being a sole founder. 100% of 0 = 0. startups have binary outcomes (most of the times). 2) A product really doesn't mean anything unless it's a 1 in a milli
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Ask HN: anyone want to work on a side project with me?
2 points by man_bear_pig 13y ago|1 comments
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
awesome. would love to catch up and trade thoughts. just send me an email reechaurd@ gmail dot com
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
completely agree with your statement. long term zero economic profit theory should state though as they move up the spectrum / take less risk (new entrants in their own space will enter to fill the space they can't fill anymore an
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
Hey give me a shout and maybe we can work something out. reechaurd@gmail dot com.
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
Thanks for you candid commentary here. lots to chew on. 1) you must understand where i will be getting a lot of sign ups. if it is through press - then the press already spins the story... these people show a VERY high conversion rate http
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
Amazing feedback. Thank you so much. 1. social commerce sites typically have a fraction of the conversion rates to normal e-commerce sites. e-mail re-engagement is very effective for return visits. even a simple best of the week gets high o
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
thank you for your honesty. i haven't had time to optimize for mobile / tablet. just wanted to get it to market as soon as it was laptop friendly. if you don't mind, i would really appreciate it if you would give it another
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
see below for my answer. it wasn't 4 hour and bam. it was months of work in the making. let me know if you have any other questions. all of this is my first time so i've fkd up a lot and if you're in the same position i can d
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
beta list - i don't think helps that much. the founder told me himself not to bump up servers for him bc it'll come over 3 days and first day not that much.. less than 80 so far but i guess there still is an email blast coming. th
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
hmmm thanks for your input. if you want, you can check out the site using the following login info: login: rebecca@reppio.com password: guest i would still very much appreciate if you can provide your feedback in regards to what you liked
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
thanks. what would it take to go from "not sucking" to you wanting to recommending it to someone... what do you think is missing?
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
1. you are wrong about tc bc some actually do. (however, legitimate sign ups - you're probably right but how many are legitimate sign ups from tc in the first place. next how many of those legitimate sign ups become return, loyal users
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
have you had a chance to check out the site? any advice there? 7,000 sign ups since we launched at noon but conversion ratios not that great. wondering what i can do to improve that (i.e. where should the sign-up modal pop up)... maybe that
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
it's like a mixture of both. it's more like a local version of fancy. we have to curate bc to be honest 90% of local shopping is crap. so we do the hard work of finding only quality vendors. then from there users can collect and
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
inclusion? you mean onboarding vendors? a lot of hard work and sales efforts as well as some easier affiliate models.
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
"latest fashion crap!" i love it. your gf must be hot then. btw. can i ask you if you were deterred in signing up bc of the modal that popped up? other people here seemed to be pissed. i've tried to test so many different w
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
that is a pretty fking good observation on wtc. wow. the value is that you get to see inventory that you can't find anywhere else and all consolidated onto a single platform. 500 shops. all in 1 place from ny, la, chicago. is it bette
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
haha. i've been thinking about that. what do you suggest i do to get users registered? did it really make you not sign up?
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Ask HN: Does my startup suck?
7 points by man_bear_pig 13y ago|32 comments
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
thanks for the feedback! i designed it using microsoft powerpoint. haha. (i have no design background so getting feedback on ui/ux would be super helpful).
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by man_bear_pig 13y ago
if you really want... i made it just for today and rest of weekend - you can put in an email address (you don't have to actually confirm) to reduce friction to get feedback from you guys. would be great if you could actually sign up be
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Ask HN: Social commerce with a hyper-local spin. www.reppio.com
1 points by man_bear_pig 13y ago|5 comments

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